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Florida’s Notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” Can Remain Open, Court Rules
A blow to the case for closing the detention camp on environmental grounds
#AlligatorAlcatraz #Florida

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/alligator-alcatraz-can-remain-open-court-rules-everglades-ecosystems-immigrant-detention/

Florida’s notorious Alligator Alcatraz can remain open, court rules

A blow to the case for closing the detention camp on environmental grounds

Mother Jones

Stephen Hayes 1d ago

#AlexPretti #NicoleGood #ICE #AlligatorAlcatraz #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Immigration #Customs #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured prospect.org/2026/01/29/i... .

Voteinorout 🇺🇸Apr 15

Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights. #Usapolitics #alligatoralcatraz⁠
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In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers wi... https://instagr.am/p/DXKnAtcj84K/

voteinorout on Instagram: "Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights. #Usapolitics #alligatoralcatraz⁠ ⁠ In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and civil rights groups said officers at the controversial Everglades facility entered a unit earlier this month and physically assaulted detainees. One man was thrown to the ground and “severely beat,” according to his attorney, who submitted photographs to the court showing her client with a black eye.⁠ ⁠ The attorney, Katie Blankenship of the legal-services organization Sanctuary of the South, wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke another detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone in the cage.”⁠ ⁠ The violence, the attorneys say, erupted after site employees abruptly cut off detainees’ access to phones on April 2 — eliminating what they described as their clients’ only connection to legal counsel and their families.⁠ ⁠ The day-long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees’ access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop-up facility.⁠ ⁠ In the court filing, the ACLU Foundation and partner organizations accused the state and federal government of disregarding Polster Chapell’s March 27 order.⁠ ⁠ 🔗: Read more at the link in our bio⁠ ✍️: Churchill Ndonwie and Garrett Shanley Follow @miamiherald for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson"

84 likes, 3 comments - voteinorout on April 15, 2026: "Attorneys representing immigrants held at the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site alleged Friday in federal court that guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees after a protest over lost phone access — allegations they argue show state and federal officials defying a recent court order protecting detainees’ civil rights. #Usapolitics #alligatoralcatraz⁠ ⁠ In a court filing in Fort Myers, lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and civil rights groups said officers at the controversial Everglades facility entered a unit earlier this month and physically assaulted detainees. One man was thrown to the ground and “severely beat,” according to his attorney, who submitted photographs to the court showing her client with a black eye.⁠ ⁠ The attorney, Katie Blankenship of the legal-services organization Sanctuary of the South, wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke another detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone in the cage.”⁠ ⁠ The violence, the attorneys say, erupted after site employees abruptly cut off detainees’ access to phones on April 2 — eliminating what they described as their clients’ only connection to legal counsel and their families.⁠ ⁠ The day-long prohibition came less than a week after Middle District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell issued an order expanding Alligator Alcatraz detainees’ access to their lawyers and their ability to use phones at the remote pop-up facility.⁠ ⁠ In the court filing, the ACLU Foundation and partner organizations accused the state and federal government of disregarding Polster Chapell’s March 27 order.⁠ ⁠ 🔗: Read more at the link in our bio⁠ ✍️: Churchill Ndonwie and Garrett Shanley Follow @miamiherald for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".

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Deborah Sampson Apr 11

But it’s not a “Concentration Camp”?
Give me a FFing break!

Hey, #MarkwayneMullin clean-up on aisle 5…
I mean #miami !

#AlligatorAlcatraz phones were cut off.
Then the beatings began, court docs say - Miami Herald https://apple.news/AJSc1m9rmQ_GifEcDgq9tFA

Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say — Miami Herald

Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

Kim Perales Apr 9

"Cong tour of #AlligatorAlcatraz today reports💔32 ppl being held per cage (literal cages within tents) with 3 toilets & no privacy."
-T Kennedy

Rep Wasserman Schultz said she showed up unann to the IMM fac. The congresswomen said she was able to ascertain🚨the fac is holding nearly 1,500 inmates, all men🚨*apparently quartered acc to risk classifications.

"Everything about this screams inhumane & unnec. And the #cruelty🚨is the point."
#ICE #Torture #DeathCamps #DHS #USPol
https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/story/news/trump/2026/04/09/wasserman-schultz-ice-contractors-run-alligator-alcatraz-camp/89537913007/

Wasserman Schultz: ICE, contractors have huge role in detention camp

The congresswoman said the facility is holding nearly 1,500 inmates, all men, who are apparently quartered according to risk classifications.

Bengals Wire

FurballsNHairballs Apr 1

Need to rendition Trump, Rubio, Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi to the Hague for crimes against humanity,war crimes,murder, violation of human rights, and unlawful confinement.
Can we get a NATO country to do this?
Denmark?
Canada?
#ICE
#IranWar
#boatstrikes
#AlligatorAlcatraz
#deportations

Thor A. Hopland Mar 13

#MAGA youth, skull and bones, grim reapers... #Nazi 2.0 - basically. #Europe needs to prepare for our "ally" to turn on us.

Guards at #AlligatorAlcatraz are now wearing Grim Reaper patches: report | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-florida-grim-reaper-patch-b2937653.html

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Pottery by Osa Mar 5

The raffle has closed and the winner has been notified. She’s a collector who subscribes to my newsletter, not someone from Mastodon, but I was very happy to receive a good handful of donations from people on the app! Thanks everyone for helping me turn one mug into $900 for Friends of the Everglades. Here’s the latest on #AlligatorAlcatraz: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/03/04/florida-taxpayers-likely-on-the-hook-for-alligator-alcatraz/
#Florida #ICE

Pottery by Osa Mar 4

Thank you to everyone who’s donated to Friends of the Everglades. We’ve raised about $800 so far—much more than I would have been able to give on my own. One more day to go. #fundraiser #ICE #AlligatorAlcatraz #Florida #EnvironmentalActivism

Pottery by Osa Mar 2

I'm raffling this oversized mug to support Friends of the Everglades, a #Florida environmentalist group who have been fighting alongside the Miccosukee Tribe against #AlligatorAlcatraz #ICE detention center in court. Donate any amount and email your receipt to [email protected]. I will pick a winner at random on Wednesday at 5pm ET. US only, please.
https://www.everglades.org/stop-alligator-alcatraz/